Chapter Summaries

Gongsun Lin and Gongsun Yu risked her life to bring their daughter into the world, and the newborn was marked as the Sword Clan’s chosen heir. Meanwhile, Zhang Yu collapsed after wishing to transmigrate into the world of Battle Through the Heavens.

• Shennong the Elder warned Gongsun Lin that saving Gongsun Yu and preserving her cultivation would be unlikely if she kept the child, but Gongsun Yu insisted on giving birth.
• Gongsun Lin agreed to honor Yu’er’s choice, and Shennong the Elder used the Life-Returning Spirit-Transforming Pill to help save mother and child.
• On a blue planet, Zhang Yu cursed a Battle Through the Heavens mobile game and wished he could transmigrate before falling unconscious.
• Gongsun Yu gave birth to a healthy girl, and Gongsun Lin learned that Yu’er had lost much of her cultivation.
• Thirteen treasured swords gathered around the pavilion, and a seven-colored clan mark appeared on the baby’s forehead, declaring her the young clan leader.

Gongsun Liuli, a transmigrated girl and Sword Clan heir, planned to travel to the Jia Ma Empire at sixteen to befriend Xiao Yan and secure his future support. After defeating an Alchemy Puppet, she was caught daydreaming by her Master, Gongsun Sanbu, who scolded her for neglecting cultivation and pill refining.

• Gongsun Liuli defeated a Five-star Dou Emperor Alchemy Puppet with her Three Swords technique and left the training platform, unimpressed.
• Gongsun Liuli recalled her past life as Zhang Yu and her current status as a fifteen-year-old Sword Clan heir, Five-star Dou Emperor, and Fifth-grade Alchemist.
• Gongsun Liuli studied a map and planned to visit the Jia Ma Empire at sixteen so she could meet Xiao Yan and build a bond with him.
• Gongsun Sanbu found Gongsun Liuli studying the map and scolded her for not cultivating or practicing pill refining.
• Gongsun Liuli placated Gongsun Sanbu with a smile and slipped away, leaving him unaware that his face had turned red.

Liuli persuaded Gongsun Lin to let her travel to the Northwest Region and study at Jia Nan Academy so she could gain experience beyond the Sword Clan. Six months later, during the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gongsun Lan received a Purple Gold Clan Mark and publicly asked for Liuli's hand in marriage, leaving her stunned.

• Liuli argued that she needed to experience the wider world, and Gongsun Lin agreed to let her study at Jia Nan Academy in the Northwest Region.
• Gongsun Lin told Gongsun Sanbu that the Sword Clan would support Liuli if she got into trouble.
• Six months later, Gongsun Sanbu began the Sword Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony by granting Clan Marks to its young members.
• Gongsun Lan received a Purple Gold Clan Mark after revealing a Ninth-grade bloodline and the cultivation of a One-Star Dou Venerate.
• Gongsun Lan publicly asked for Young Miss Gongsun Liuli's hand in marriage, and Liuli was dumbfounded by the proposal.

During the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gongsun Liuli awakened a Tenth-grade Divine Bloodline and received the Seven-colored Sword Clan Mark. Half a month later, eager to leave the clan, she accepted Gongsun Lin’s test of crossing the Seeking Demon Mountain Range alone to reach Fengxiao City, while he secretly arranged protection.

• Gongsun Lan proposed to Gongsun Liuli, who awkwardly deflected him and urged the ceremony to continue.
• Gongsun Liuli gripped the illusory longsword and witnessed a vision of the Azure Emperor confronting a dark figure who threatened him and his world.
• A Space Gate released a seven-colored Light Pillar around Gongsun Liuli, raising her to Nine-star Dou Huang and granting her a Tenth-grade Divine Bloodline and Seven-colored Sword Clan Mark.
• Half a month later, Gongsun Liuli eagerly met Gongsun Lin after hearing he might let her leave the clan.
• Gongsun Lin gave Gongsun Liuli three Storage Rings and required her to cross the Seeking Demon Mountain Range alone to reach Fengxiao City before their seals would lift.
• After Gongsun Liuli set off to prepare, Gongsun Lin ordered an ally to warn the Magical Beasts and secretly follow her, intervening only if she faced real danger.

Liuli fought a group of Vajra Demonic Apes while trying to find a way out of the Seeking Demon Mountain Range, then bargained with their king for directions to stronger Magical Beasts’ territories. An old man secretly watching her received orders from the clan leader to delay her when she reached a weaker Seven-star Magical Beast’s territory.

• Liuli attacked the Vajra Demonic Apes, killing two before their Six-star Ape King arrived and confronted her.
• Liuli negotiated with the Ape King, trading three Shaping Grass for permission to leave and information about nearby Magical Beast territories.
• Liuli asked the Ape King about the ranges of Magical Beasts above Six-star and promised to bring it a Shaping Pill in the future.
• The Ape King guessed that Liuli was lost, making her angrily deny it.
• An old man in hemp clothes reported the encounter to the clan, and the clan leader ordered him to delay Liuli near a weaker Seven-star Magical Beast’s territory.

Liuli rested in a cave near the outskirts of the Seeking Demon Mountain Range, then was confronted by the Purple Cloud Thunder Lion King and forced into a chase. After the lion closed in, she boosted her strength and prepared to fight with her four swords, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liuli reviewed her map and planned to travel south after resting, unaware that Gongsun Lin had warned the stronger beasts not to harm her.
• The Purple Cloud Thunder Lion King blocked Liuli's cave entrance and offered to let her flee its territory instead of dying inside the cave.
• Liuli escaped with Absolute Shadow Flash, but the lion pursued her through its territory and smashed through her attempt to block its path with falling rocks.
• The lion taunted Liuli as it gained on her, while secretly pursuing the old man in hemp clothes' task in exchange for a Beast Heart Pill.
• Liuli activated her seven-colored Sword Mark, gathered black-and-white flames around Heart Rain, and began the Four Swords technique Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

Liuli escaped the Purple Cloud Thunder Lion King by using an illusion, then left the Seeking Demon Mountain Range and arrived in Fengxiao City. At Qingtian Inn, she enjoyed a hot meal and encountered two men whose strange laughter startled her.

• Liuli’s energy sword failed to break through the Purple Cloud Thunder Lion King’s spatial barrier, so she used the Earth-tier High Rank Dou Technique Gazing at the Moon to distract it and escape.
• The Sword Venerable stopped the Purple Cloud Thunder Lion King, rewarded it with a Beast Heart Pill, and warned it not to ask who Liuli was.
• Four days later, Liuli reached Fengxiao City and paid the Qingtian Inn staff generously for a room before ordering beef noodles, fennel beans, and liquor.
• A bald Two-Star Dou Wang’s eerie laugh startled Liuli, but she recognized that he was not a Soul Hall member and turned back to her meal.

Liuli drove off two men who harassed her in Fengxiao City, then returned to her room and planned how she would eventually support Xiao Yan. She inspected the wealth and supplies Gongsun Lin had given her, feeling reassured by her father's care.

• Wu Ke harassed Liuli while she ate, and she pierced his palm with a chopstick coated in Dou Qi.
• Liuli fled through the inn window, defeated Wu Ke's subordinate with four swords, and made Wu Ke pay for the damage and her meal before letting them leave.
• Liuli returned to her room and planned to secretly see Xiao Yan, enter Jia Nan Academy as his Senior Sister, and protect him when the time came.
• Liuli examined the Storage Ring from Gongsun Lin and found gold, powerful Dou Skills and cultivation methods, rare resources, and pills prepared to support her through the Dou Zong realm.
• Liuli kissed the Storage Ring and felt touched by her father's care.

Liuli traveled from Fengxiao City to Liang City, where she sold pills and bought a High-grade Space Ship at auction while provoking Fei Yun of Wind Thunder Pavilion. She then entered Liang City's Space Wormhole bound for the Northwest Region, determined to find Xiao Yan.

• Liuli used Gongsun Lin's Space Wormhole to leave Fengxiao City, but faulty coordinates sent her into the desert and delayed her journey to Liang City.
• At Liang City's auction, Liuli used her Sixth-grade Imperial Pills to gain entry and secured a private room by revealing her Dou Emperor strength and wealth.
• Liuli baited Fei Yun into paying six million gold coins for a Wind Thunder Divine Eagle Magical Core, then arranged for someone else to buy her High-grade Space Ship.
• Qing Yun warned Liuli that Fei Yun was also heading to the Northwest Region and had an Eight-star Dou Zong elder protecting him.
• After collecting her Space Ship and remaining gold, Liuli entered Liang City's Space Wormhole and set off toward the Northwest Region to find Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan received a humiliating Third Stage result at the Xiao Family test, while Xiao Xun'er reached the Ninth Stage and encouraged him to keep searching for a way to recover. Liuli, who had watched from a rooftop, identified the key figures and planned to observe Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement the next day.

• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Third Stage and endured the crowd’s mockery about his stalled cultivation.
• Xiao Yan spotted Liuli watching from a rooftop, but she disappeared before he could confirm what he had seen.
• Xiao Mei reached the Seventh Stage and looked at Xiao Yan with pride, then Xiao Xun'er reached the Ninth Stage.
• Xiao Xun'er comforted Xiao Yan and promised to stay with him while they looked for a solution, then left the testing square with him.
• Liuli reflected that Xiao Yan had detected her illusion and decided to watch Nalan Yanran break off the engagement the next day before flying away.

Liuli arrived in Wu Tan City after a grueling journey and slept through the night, while the next day the Misty Cloud Sect delegation visited the Xiao Family. Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran had come with them and suspected she intended to end their engagement, leaving him tense as Ge Ye finally prepared to speak.

• Liuli returned to her inn in Wu Tan City and slept after traveling for more than twenty days.
• Ge Ye brought Nalan Yanran and the veiled An Lan to the Xiao Family, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and the elders learned Yan Ran had reached Three-star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the family meeting and had no seat until Xiao Xun'er invited him to sit beside her.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan's fiancée and had been accepted as Yun Yun's disciple in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan realized Nalan Yanran might be there to break off their engagement and worried that doing so publicly would humiliate Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family.
• Ge Ye stood after Nalan Yanran urged him repeatedly, preparing to raise the matter.

Ge Ye came to the Xiao Family with Nalan Yanran to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, offering treasures as compensation, but Xiao Yan rejected the proposal and challenged the family elders’ authority. He accepted Nalan Yanran’s three-year challenge, then wrote and blood-sealed a Letter of Divorce, ending their engagement on his own terms.

• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve the engagement between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, citing Misty Cloud Sect rules and offering a Qi Gathering Powder and Magical Cores as compensation.
• Xiao Zhan nearly fought Ge Ye over the request, but the three elders stopped him, while Xiao Yan refused to let them accept the compensation for him.
• With An Lan and Xiao Xun'er supporting Xiao Yan’s right to speak, he questioned whether Old Master Nalan had agreed to the dissolution and rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer of pills and a cultivation method.
• Nalan Yanran proposed that Xiao Yan challenge her in three years, and Xiao Yan accepted while declaring that he would surpass her and defend his family’s dignity.
• Xiao Yan wrote and blood-sealed a Letter of Divorce, declared that Nalan Yanran had nothing more to do with the Xiao Family, and threw the letter at her.

After Xiao Yan vowed to challenge Nalan Yanran in three years, Liuli, disguised as An Lan, gave the Xiao Family powerful pills and revealed her connection to the Ancient Clan. She left Wu Tan City and began planning her own next steps, including Jia Nan Academy and a breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan knelt before Xiao Zhan, promised to restore the Xiao Family's honor, and told Nalan Yanran he would come for her in three years.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Zhan but refused to change her stance, and Ge Ye left with her after Xiao Zhan rejected the Qi Gathering Powder.
• An Lan gave Third Elder a Core Condensing Pill and told Xiao Zhan that the Ancient Clan had sent him Golden Crystal Pills and a Breakthrough Pill as thanks for caring for Miss.
• An Lan revealed Dou Qi wings as she left, startling Second Elder and Third Elder, then transformed into Liuli outside Wu Tan City.
• Liuli recalled how she had joined Nalan Yanran's party in disguise and decided to limit her help to the Xiao Family so Xiao Yan's training and motivation would remain intact.
• Liuli planned to go to Jia Nan Academy and break through to Dou Zong over the next three years.

Liuli clashed with Ling Ying after he confronted her for impersonating an envoy of the Ancient Clan and demanded to know her identity. Xiao Yan and Old Yao watched the battle from the Xiao Family’s back mountain, and Xiao Yan became determined to grow strong enough to challenge the powers behind Xun Er.

• Ling Ying confronted Liuli over her claim to represent the Ancient Clan and attacked when she refused to reveal her identity.
• Liuli fought back with Heart Rain and her black-and-white flames, but Ling Ying continued attacking after recognizing her Heavenly Flames.
• Ling Ying and Liuli’s battle sent powerful energy ripples toward Wutan City as they clashed in the forest.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about the distant fight, and Old Yao identified Liuli as one of the combatants and explained that Dou Huangs in their twenties were not rare among the continent’s top powers.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Xun Er had a powerful background and encouraged him to rise beyond the Jia Ma Empire; Xiao Yan resolved to become strong enough to contend with the power behind her.

Liuli defeated Ling Ying but was confronted by Tongxuan, a Half-Saint of the Ancient Clan. After revealing that she was Gongsun Lin’s daughter and summoning help, she tried to leave, but her mother suddenly attacked Tongxuan.

• Liuli escaped Ling Ying’s attacks and struck him down with her Earth-tier High Rank sword technique.
• Liuli offered Ling Ying a Spirit Bone Pill, but he revealed that he had called for reinforcements.
• Tongxuan emerged through a tear in space and stopped Liuli from leaving.
• Liuli revealed her Sword Clan mark and identified Gongsun Lin as her father, then summoned someone with a Spatial Jade Slip.
• Liuli prepared to depart after Tongxuan lifted his spatial restriction, but a Light Pink-haired Palace-robed Woman rushed out and attacked him.

Gongsun Yu intervened when Tongxuan confronted Liuli, then heard Liuli’s explanation for visiting the Xiao Family and warned her against pursuing its Tou She Ancient God Jade. Gongsun Yu decided to accompany Liuli to Jia Nan Academy and said she also planned to visit an old acquaintance.

• Gongsun Yu attacked Tongxuan to protect Liuli, then sent him away after they agreed to put the misunderstanding behind them.
• Liuli told Gongsun Yu she had come to investigate the Tou She Ancient God Jade believed to be held by the Xiao Family.
• Gongsun Yu explained that taking the jade could upset the balance among the Nine Ancient Clans and trigger conflict, and Liuli admitted she had acted rashly.
• Liuli said she planned to travel to Jia Nan Academy to cultivate and prepare to break through to Dou Zong, and Gongsun Yu insisted on going with her.
• Gongsun Yu opened a spatial passage and pulled Liuli through, saying she would tell her about the old acquaintance on the way.

Gongsun Yu and Liuli arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian recognized Gongsun Yu and escorted them inside. Liuli began her Inner Academy enrollment and planned to use the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to strengthen her cultivation.

• Gongsun Yu and Liuli reached Heping Town and were stopped by Jia Nan Academy's Enforcement Team for an inspection.
• Su Qian arrived, recognized Gongsun Yu, and exempted her and Liuli from the inspection.
• Su Qian led them into Jia Nan Academy, where Liuli completed her enrollment and received a Purple Fire Energy Crystal Card with 800 points of Fire Energy.
• Liuli rode a Griffin over the academy's training grounds and planned to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower over the coming year.
• The Griffin crossed a mountain peak, revealing an enormous basin ahead of Liuli.

Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan discussed the Ancient Jade and Gu Yuan’s daughter before agreeing to drink and fight. At Jia Nan Academy, Liuli explored the Inner Academy and entered the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, where an old man confronted her as an impostor.

• Gongsun Lin told Gu Yuan that the Sword Clan had no interest in the Ancient Jade and criticized him for involving his daughter in its retrieval.
• Gu Yuan admitted that he regretted sending his daughter to the Xiao Family, and Gongsun Lin advised him to intimidate any man she loved.
• Liuli settled into her private dormitory and headed out to explore the Inner Academy, attracting attention from students who admired her beauty.
• Liuli reached the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, noted its spatial seal, and entered wearing a conical hat.
• After exploring the tower’s vast underground interior, Liuli was stopped by an old man in hemp robes who accused her of impersonating a student.

Liuli entered the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Elder Liu mistook her for an intruder and challenged her. After she proved she was a new student, she met Zi Yan, who agreed to show her around in exchange for pills.

• Elder Liu accused Liuli of trespassing and attacked her, but Liuli defeated him with one strike while shielding the nearby students.
• Liuli explained that she was a new student and apologized to Elder Liu, who confirmed her identity and accepted her apology.
• Zi Yan rushed in to defend Elder Liu, collided with Liuli, and bristled when Liuli tried to touch her hair.
• Liuli praised Zi Yan's Power Ranking fame, and Elder Liu asked Zi Yan to show Liuli around the tower.
• Liuli gave Elder Liu a Six Qi Barrier Breaking Pill, then persuaded Zi Yan to guide her by offering two bottles of pills made from Golden Firefly Grass.

Liuli befriended Zi Yan in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and learned about the dangerous passage below the Sixth Floor. Meanwhile, Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun investigated a battle site near Wutan City and realized that two mysterious Dou Huangs could further destabilize the Jia Ma Empire.

• Zi Yan explained the Sixth Floor’s numbered Cultivation Rooms and warned Liuli that a Great Fire Snake guarded the passage below.
• Liuli gave Zi Yan pills and offered to be her friend, while concealing her plans to build a connection with her.
• Zi Yan accepted Liuli’s friendship and led her toward the entrance to the Seventh Floor.
• Near Wutan City, Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun examined a crater and found traces of a fierce battle involving at least two powerful Dou Huangs.
• Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun assessed the unfamiliar energy and blood at the site, then considered how the newcomers might upset the Jia Ma Empire’s balance of power.